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The Gold Dust Twins, 'Goldie' and 'Dustie', were the 'faces' of the Fairbank's Gold Dust washing powder product lines. [1] The original (circa 1892) version of the twins was a drawing of two young black children cheerfully cleaning up together in a washtub.
After he was AAA's International League Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player and Triple Crown winner in 1974, he and fellow rookie teammate Fred Lynn were brought up to the Red Sox at the same time, and were known as the "Gold Dust Twins".
He formed the “Gold Dust Twins” along with fellow rookie Jim Rice and the Red Sox found themselves in the World Series. Lynn became the first player in history to be named Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season.
Lynn and fellow rookie outfielder Jim Rice were dubbed the "Gold Dust Twins". [5] In the 1975 World Series, which Boston lost in seven games to the Cincinnati Reds, Lynn batted 7-for-25 (.280) with a home run and five RBIs.
Sounds like a dynasty waiting to explode right? Wrong, it was the 1975 Red Sox tale starring Jim Rice and Fred Lynn, whom then-Boston Globe writer Peter Gammons dubbed "The Gold Dust...
The Red Sox have a 21-year-old rookie shortstop. They have another rookie hoping to take over for Jacoby Ellsbury in center field.
Local Boston media christened the pair “The Gold Dust Twins,” a phrase taken from an early twentieth century ad campaign for a cleaning detergent that was subsequently applied to a number of sporting duos who came up together and who were linked in their pursuit of a common goal.
The pain of the collapse of the 1974 team was erased by the joy of 1975, with the team being led by rookies Lynn and Rice, who were known as the Gold Dust Twins. Rice had a fine rookie season, hitting .309 with 22 home runs and 102 RBIs, but Lynn was even better, hitting .331 with 47 doubles, 21 home runs, 103 runs, and 105 RBIs.
And in 1975, Fred Lynn and Jim Rice, tagged by the media as The Gold Dust Twins, arrived and had arguably the best pair of rookie seasons by teammates in the modern era. June 18 was a warm, humid Wednesday night, the final game of a three-game set with the Tigers, and the ninth game of a 13-game road trip.
The “Gold Dust Twins,” Rice and Lynn, received the most attention in the Red Sox camp. How did Dwight Evans feel about the focus on Rice and Lynn? “I was thrilled to be out of the spotlight,” Evans emphasizes.